Originally Posted by kazi
And all this gossip about celebrities driving Prius is a bunch of :ghey: bandwagon BS. I bet nearly all of them have at least one vehicle they drive more often that delivers less than 20mpg.
The prob is, what you or we think is not going to help sell the civic hybrid. Toyota is smart enough to hit a niche market where they want to be DIFFERENT. No one really thinks these celebs are really green, they just want to portray that image. So what do they do? They have 2 options, a civic/insight or a totally different car that not many others drive - Prius.
No matter what we think about handling, the celeb's images are more important to them (as if Cameron actually care about Prius' speed around a corner, ha). It's not BS. It's just the way Hollywood runs. Most of them have maybe 5 other gas guzzling cars, but many also have a Prius, NOT a civic hybrid, because civic can't hit that niche market.
See, not many people here actually think the Prius is cool or good, I am saying, it is more popular and stands out more than a civic hybrid, and something that stands out will sell better, at least for image-savy celebs. And it's not BS, unless you just don't read car news.